For the past year, the Boston Redevelopment Authority has been demanding that Madison Properties, the owner of a South Boston parcel sitting across the street from the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, build a hotel. The BRA has dug in on its hotel demands, even though the city knows the hotel it wants can’t be built. Now, with the state convention center authority snapping up land in advance of a major expansion, the city’s hard-line stance places an absurd demand on Madison: build an impossible hotel, and compete with a pair of state-subsidized developments while you’re at it.
Paul McMorrow
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The Sausage Parcel plan reeks of Mayor Menino.
Have yet to see one credible source talking to how an expanded Boston convention center will be positioned to compete successfully amongst"four seasons" competitors in LasVegas and Orlando. From a marketing perspective, trade show and exposition halls remain cost prohibitive, offering very little bang for the (enormous!) buck. What trend on the horizon will change this??? This entire concept, buildout of hotels included, strikes me as a boondoggle - to be avoided!